Making the Connection

We’re gearing up for this year’s Trunk Or Treat on Saturday, October 31st from 6-8pm in the Cabela’s parking lot in Buda. At TCC, we want to be THE place that people know they can bring their families to for the best community events. They are our gift to the community so that we’re always giving back. Our events are free and we meet tons of people from the area. In fact many people made their first connection with us, and ultimately, God, through one of our events.

Our groups (and others) team up to bring their cars, a game and hand out tons of candy. My group is doing an Adopt-a-Pet booth. Here’s how it works, kids choose a color, we spin the wheel, and the winners get to choose a stuffed animal to take with them. My question for you: Do you have gently used stuffed animals that are just taking up space that you would want to donate so that the children of Hays County will have a new stuffed pet to take home? Here’s your chance to find good homes for your old stuffed animals and share the love. Just bring ‘em by the office and we’ll be happy to take ‘em off your hands.

Today is National Be Bald and Be Free Day, one of my favorite days of the year.

Believe it or not, I haven’t always been bald. No, in fact, as a teenager I had very long hair, mullet-like, I suppose. And I loved it! Pam did too. Like her beautiful voice was to me (which she still has), my hair attracted her to me. But cruel fate, about the time we got married, it all started falling out.

But be careful before you start calling me names like “Baldy!” Or maybe you don’t know the story of Elisha, another bald headed man of God:

Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!” Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them. (2 Kings 2:23-25)

Don’t worry, I don’t take being follicly-challenged that seriously. But there is an awesome promise from Jesus that I want to remind you of today:

And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. (Luke 12:7)

Did you know there are between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs on the average head? That’s a lot to keep track of (and a lot to lose ☺.) So, no matter how many, or how few, hairs you’ve got on your head. God knows and you matter to Him today.

And for my bald brothers out there, say it with me: “I’m bald and it’s OK! I love it!”

Fall Saturday afternoons are usually spent with a soccer game, but with the rain our game was cancelled, so we headed to Elgin for the Pumpkin Festival. It was less than an hour drive and we enjoyed some of the original Elgin hot sausage at Southside Market along the way. The weather was crisp and cool and there were a few fun activities, but mostly geared to the younger set. We also picked a pretty big pumpkin to bring home with us for carving. Overall, a good experience for a few hours on a Saturday with the family in those moments we’ve got for family fun.

Bethanie showed me a cool site called Wordle that creates a very creative word-cloud of your webpage/blog. You just enter your URL and it takes the weighted words that it finds and makes a randomized picture that you can customize with your chocie of fonts, colors, etc. The results are very interesting.

Give it a try and feel free to link to yours in the comments section below.

We all love birthdays. It’s a special day to celebrate surviving another year. And people generally make a deal out of the day they’re born. Everyone is born once, but not everyone is born again.

In our family, we make a big deal out of Makenzie and Bethanie’s spiritual birthdays, the day that they accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Today is Bethanie’s 4th spiritual birthday. The girl’s just happened to get out of school early today, so we spent a few hours at Gatti’s pizza complete with a birthday cake.

Here’s something to think about: If you are born only once (physical birth), you die twice (physical and spiritual death); but if you’re born twice (physical & spiritual) then you die only once (physical).

By the way, if you’ve never gone public with your decision to follow Jesus, you can do that this Sunday morning at The Connection Church through baptism. Sign up here.